Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.9 i

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Patristics
Author of work: 
Augustine (354-430)
Title of work: 
De immortalitate animae
Section: 
cc. 8-11 [ed. Hörmann {CSEL, lxxxix} (Vienna, 1986), pp. 116 (l. 24) - 119 (l. 24)]
Orientation: 
upright
Transcription: 

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
tiny, with some extravagant descenders and diagonal ascenders, and tall final s
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 1

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
at front
Element of folio: 
full folio
Ruling: 
Fully ruled in plummet with horizontal lines crossing the central reservation

Further information

Date last updated: 
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 08:13
Colchester Harsnett K.a.9 front pastedown

Dimensions

Fragment: 

172mm (h) x 105mm (w)

Number of lines: 
41
Number of columns: 
2
Height of minims: 
1mm
Space between lines: 
4mm
Height of written space: 
163mm
Lower margin: 
9mm
Inner margin: 
6mm
Width of text 1: 
45mm
Reservation 1: 
8mm
Width of text 2: 
45mm
Outer margin: 
1mm